Kenisha
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 313 births
- Debut · girls
- 19 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,019since 1973
Kenisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Kenisha has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,771 | 56 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,854 | 52 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,881 | 50 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,095 | 73 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,146 | 67 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,552 | 104 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,702 | 89 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,439 | 112 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,239 | 139 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,029 | 179 | — | |
| 1992 | #996 | 191 | — | |
| 1991 | #928 | 207 | — | |
| 1990 | #878 | 221 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,111 | 149 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,140 | 134 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,302 | 106 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,194 | 118 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,158 | 123 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,245 | 103 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,207 | 106 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,474 | 81 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,117 | 122 | — | |
| 1979 | #869 | 178 | — | |
| 1978 | #557 | 313 | — | |
| 1977 | #684 | 229 | — | |
| 1976 | #949 | 134 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kenisha! It came in at #3,342, and was given to 19 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2019, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kenisha is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#387 · 1 in 2,282
- Tennessee#478 · 1 in 3,723
- Louisiana#560 · 1 in 3,679
- Virginia#690 · 1 in 6,184
- Illinois#733 · 1 in 6,441
Best ever in a state: #186 in Mississippi, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #387 | 6 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Tennessee | #478 | 8 | 1 in 3,723 |
| Louisiana | #560 | 7 | 1 in 3,679 |
| Virginia | #690 | 6 | 1 in 6,184 |
| Illinois | #733 | 12 | 1 in 6,441 |
| North Carolina | #743 | 6 | 1 in 6,781 |
| New Jersey | #744 | 7 | 1 in 6,855 |
| Florida | #750 | 12 | 1 in 6,419 |
| Michigan | #832 | 7 | 1 in 8,635 |
| Ohio | #868 | 7 | 1 in 9,978 |
| Georgia | #917 | 5 | 1 in 8,369 |
| New York | #1,166 | 10 | 1 in 11,879 |
| Texas | #1,294 | 10 | 1 in 13,338 |
| California | #1,457 | 15 | 1 in 16,266 |
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See more about Kenisha
- 3,370 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #10,107)
- 1,154 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #10,107)
- 1,176 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #10,107)
- Biggest jump: 1,663 spots in 1976 (#2,612 → #949)
- Biggest drop: 312 spots in 1979 (#557 → #869)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1978 at #557 (313 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1976–1979
- Highest: 1 in 4,894 girls born in 1978 were named Kenisha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.4% of all girls named Kenisha (1,382) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 916 | #557 (1978) | #1,891 |
| 1980s | 1,135 | #1,111 (1989) | #1,229 |
| 1990s | 1,382 | #878 (1990) | #1,400 |
| 2000s | 386 | #2,771 (2003) | #3,997 |
| 2010s | 146 | #5,985 (2016) | #8,394 |
| 2020s | 54 | #8,055 (2023) | #10,740 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kenisha in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 12,373 of them was named Kenisha, which outranked 92.4% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,106Tamra151
- #1,106Venessa151
- #1,110Francine150
- #1,111Kenisha149
- #1,111Cassaundra149
- #1,111Eryn149
- #1,111Haylee149
- #1,118Blake148
- #1,118China148
- #1,118David148
Tied with 6 names at #1,111; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 400,186 of them was named Kenisha, which outranked 14.4% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,327 names at #7,905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.